Department profile
Career (Paid)EMS ProviderUnion City Fire Department
Union City, CA · Alameda County. Union City Fire Department is a Career (Paid) department, 4 stations and 52 total personnel. The department also provides EMS services. According to the HIFLD fire-station federal registry (as of 2026-09), full equipment, coverage, and staffing data are below.
- 52
- Total personnel
- 4
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Union City Fire Department pairs top-quartile national personnel with a headcount above the California average.
- Top 16%
- national personnel size
- +41%
- vs. California average
- 4
- stations
National percentile ranks this department's personnel headcount against every listable U.S. department with reported staffing; the state comparison uses the same personnel figure against its own state's average. Both feed the verdict sentence and the chips above.
A staffing, equipment, EMS-integration, and federal-grant-funding composite benchmarked against every other USFA-registered department nationally, not a safety rating, response-time measure, or comparison of fire risk. Dimensions with no data on file are excluded and their weight redistributed, never counted as zero.
Union City Fire Department is a Career (Paid) department serving Union City, CA (Alameda County), with 4 stations and 52 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #3,664 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #3,664 of 22,440
- CA personnel rank #190 of 721
- 7.69 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 15 other listed departments in Alameda County
Union City Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
52 Top 16% higher than 84% of 22,440 departments
Listable U.S. fire departments, banded by total personnel
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Source HIFLD fire-station registry · 2026-09-06
Dispatch plate
Sheet 01115 · Union City Fire Department, CA 52 personnel · 4 stations
PERS-MID · STA-FEW · TYPE-CAREER · EMS-Y · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-MID 52
- STA-FEW 4 stations
- TYPE-CAREER Career
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-UPPER #3,664
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Riceville Volunte…
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Riceville Volunteer Fire Department, NC (+ 0 personnel)
Career/paid HIFLD roster counts, station rows, EMS flag, listable personnel rank, photo-finish peer, and FEMA AFG/SAFER book for this FDID, not a readiness rating.
Personnel neighbourhood
Nationwide HIFLD headcount poles and nearest peers, not a reprint of every CA department.
- Union City (this dept) 52
- High Mid-Columbia Fire…, OR 52
- Near Riceville Volunte…, NC 52
- Near Boiling Spring La…, NC 52
- Near Micaville Volunte…, AL 52
Department Profile
- Type
- CAREER
- Location
- Union City, CA
- County
- Alameda County
- FDID
- 01115
Staffing vs the California average
How Union City Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in California. In-state it ranks #190 of 721 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #3,664 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 4
- State fire deaths/yr
- 346
- CA departments
- 1,309
County roster geometry
Alameda County HIFLD mix around Union City Fire Department
Alameda County: 20 departments, 296 personnel (1 volunteer / 7 career / 0 combination); EMS flag on 95% of departments. County / state rollup.
7.69 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (4 stations / 52 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Riceville Volunteer Fire Department, NC (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide career peers near 52 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every CA department.